guide to the preparation of apa 6 tesis

8/17/2019 Guide to the Preparation of APA 6 TESIS

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I DON’T GET WHAT YOUR THESIS:ACADEMIC CONFUSION IN THE AGE

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A Thesis Presented for theMaster of Science

DegreeThe University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Jane X. DoeDecemer !"#$


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


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Than+ yo to Jdy King from )-T for her hel& ma+ing this tem&late /o0ever,

this &age is o&tional.ABSTRACT

This is a sam&le 1ord docment that can e sed as a tem&late informatting yor thesis2dissertation. -t cannot exceed 3$" 0ords.

-f yo se any s&ecial characters 4inclding s&erscri&ts and sscri&ts5 inyor astract, yo mst 0rite ot the term in &lain 6nglish in s7are rac+etsimmediately follo0ing the first se of the character. 8or exam&le9 /!) :0ater;and < :micron;. This has nothing to do 0ith ho0 common the term is in yor fieldof stdy== or catalogers have to enter the astract in or records sing a &laintext format that cannot accommodate the s&ecial characters, t has no &rolem0ith 0ord sstittes.


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PREFACE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

%ha&ter )ne -ntrodction and >eneral -nformation...............................................?/eading !............................................................................................................?

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/eading !............................................................................................................?%ha&ter T0o @iteratre evie0..............................................................................?

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%ha&ter Three Materials and Methods...................................................................?/eading !............................................................................................................?

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/eading !............................................................................................................?%ha&ter 8or eslts and Discssion....................................................................?

/eading !............................................................................................................?%ha&ter 8ive %onclsions and ecommendations................................................?@ist of eferences...................................................................................................?

A&&endix.................................................................................................................?Bita..........................................................................................................................?


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LIST OF TABLES

Tale !.#. This is the first tale...............................................................................?Tale ?.#. This is the second tale.........................................................................?


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LIST OF FIGURES

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

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Cegin 0riting text here. o may se single, dole, or #.$ s&acing. o may seany font of yor choosing, t yo mst e consistent.

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Use sheadings consistently. %hec+ s&acing, ca&italiEation, and &nctation.

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Use of styles is hel&fl in generating a tale of contents. This sam&le docmentses the headings to atomatically generate the tale of contents, list of tales,and list of figres.

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)nce yo se styles to generate the lists, yo can &date them 7ic+ly andeasily.

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CHAPTER !

LITERATURE REVIEW

Tales and figres emedded 0ithin the text mst e &laced on either the same&age as the first mention in the text, or on the &age follo0ing the first mention ofthe text. @arge tales and figres 4that exceed G of a &age5 mst e &laced on ase&arate &age. Tale # is larger than G a &age and mst e &laced on its o0n&age. The &age efore the tale2figre mst e a fll &age of text, nless itha&&ens to end the cha&ter. This a&&lies even if a &aragra&h mst e ro+enacross &ages.

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Tales and figres may e &laced on an other0ise lan+ &age directly after the&age on 0hich it is first referenced, regardless of siEe. o shold not (rea+*text and leave 0hite s&ace on text &ages == instead, sim&ly contine the text4even if it is a ne0 &aragra&h or ne0 section5 ntil that &age is filled. The onlytime there shold e a significant amont of 0hite s&ace on a &age is 0hen it isthe last &age of the cha&ter. o can leave 0hite s&ace on &ages that Hst havetales or figres.

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Tales and figres may also e &laced in an a&&endix at the end of thethesis2dissertation. -f yo do this, e sre to note that the tales2figres arelocated in the a&&endix. This can e done either &arenthetically or 0ith footnotes.o may &lace all tales and figres in an a&&endix, or Hst a fe0. -f yo chooseto &lace all tales and figres in the a&&endix, yo can note that (All tales andfigres are located in the a&&endix* after the first mention of a tale or figre.

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Tale nmers and titles shold e &laced aove the tales. 8igre nmers andtitles shold e &laced elo0 the figres. The font for tales mst match the font

for the ody of the text, althogh it can e smaller 4as long as it is consistent I soif yor normal text is #! &t, and yo ma+e of yor figre ca&tions is #"&t, A@@ ofyor figre ca&tions mst e #"&t5. The same goes for s&acing I if yo dole=s&ace yor normal text, yor tale2figre ca&tions can e single=s&aced 4as longas they are A@@ single=s&aced5. All tales mst have at least ! colmns and a


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Tale !.#. This is the first tale.

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heading ro0. Tales mst also have at least 3 grid lines. These lines inclde theline aove the tale, the line elo0 the heading ro0, and the line elo0 the tale.

The font inside tales shold match the font in the rest of the docment, asshold the font for tale nmers and titles. The font -S-D6 figres can differ

from the font for the ody of the text. /o0ever, the font for the figre nmer andtitle mst match the font for the ody of the text. o may se color figres orlac+ and 0hite.


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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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DonFt forget to refer to all tales2figres y nmer 0ithin the text. )nce yo havementioned a tale2figre, yo mst &lace it on the same or next &age. 8orinstance, if yo mention 8igre # on &age 33, the actal figre shold e &lacedon &age 33 4if it is small5, or y itself on &age 3? 4if it 0ill ta+e & more than halfof the &age5.

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More things and stff and 0ords and information.

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Kee& 0riting. oFre almost there

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8igre 3.#. Sha&es


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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Another cha&ter, and -Fve rn ot of things to say. - ho&e that a tem&late 0ill hel&some of yo. ememer that consistency is the most im&ortant thing. o mayse any s&acing style or font as long as yo se it consistently. -t shold also elegile and ale to e seen on any com&ter 4so stic+ 0ith Times e0 oman,

Arial, etc.5. les for &lacement of tales and figres are more s&ecific 4see&revios &ages, and conslt the >ide to Pre&aration of 6TDs9htt&9220e.t+.ed2thesis2>ide##.&df 5. >ood lc+ 0ith yor 0riting

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Ma+e sre to smit yor first draft to the Thesis2Dissertation %onsltant no laterthan the &reliminary revie0 deadline for yor semester 40hich can e fond onthe >radate SchoolFs 0esite5. o can have as many drafts as necessaryrevie0ed, so there are essentially no dra0ac+s to smitting yor draft earlierthan this date.

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS


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LIST OF REFERENCES


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:emove this note, t D) )T 6M)B6 T/-S PA>6, AD2) D) )T PUT%-TAT-)S ) T/-S PA>6 I yo can change (@ist of eferences* to

(eferences*, (1or+s %ited*, (Ciliogra&hy*, etc., t this is the )@ text thatshold e on this &age. The first citation shold start at the to& of the 6XT

&age.;

%itations go hereL


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APPENDI*


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:emove this note, t D) )T 6M)B6 T/-S PA>6, AD2) D) )T PUT APP6D-X MAT6-A@ ) T/-S PA>6 I yo can change (A&&endix* to(A&&endices* if yo 0old li+e, t this is the )@ text that shold e on this&age. The actal a&&endix material shold start at the to& of the 6XT &age.Please note that yo shold remove oth this &age and the next one if yo are

not inclding an a&&endix at all I (do not remove this &age* refers only tostdents 0ho A6 inclding an a&&endix;oFll &t a&&endix material here. This section is o&tional. o can &lace talesand figres in the a&&endix if yo li+e. -f yo choose this o&tion, yo sholdindicate that tales and figres are in the a&&endix after the first mention in thetext. o can &lace some tales2figres in the text and others in the a&&endix, orall tales2figres in the a&&endix.


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VITA

Jane X. Doe 0as orn. She 0rote a thesis. She gradated. She follo0edinstrctions and 0rote her vita in third &erson and &aragra&h form 4as o&&osed to

a resme or %B5, 0hich made her thesis consltant very ha&&y. This &age isre7ired.

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